ZOO experts in Ohio have revealed the gene pool of killed gorilla Harambe will definitely continue.

In the wake of events that saw the 17-year-old Silverback gorilla shot dead after a young boy fell into his enclosure, the zoo has confirmed his bloodline will continue as part of their breeding programme.

The zoo also revealed the female gorillas at the park are missing Harambe.

Heartbreakingly, the pair of female gorillas who shared an enclosure with Harambe have been trying to find him since his body was taken away.

CBS reported that the confused animals have been seen fruitlessly searching the enclosure.

But Harambe the gorilla will live on through his son or daughter after scientists harvested his semen soon after he died from a gunshot wound.

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Staff shot the endangered gorilla to save a four-year-old boy who fell into the enclosure.

After the gorilla was killed, reproductive biologists from the zoo's Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife collected genetic samples.

The centre conducts research into artificial insemination and frozen sperm - raising the possibility that Harambe could live on through his offspring. Aged just 17, the animal had not yet reached breeding maturity.